fluval Chi to 10 gal upgrade

[Bearchumjs]

Wanted to ask you, what par 38 bulb did you end up going with?

It's a 12 W par38 LED with 4 whites, 6 blues, 1 green, 1 red. I lost the link to the page but it was from eBay. Convict helped me get it.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Nice looking corals you got there! The clown is a cool yellow too. Usually its harder to find them that solid nice yellow. Good job, tanks really coming along

Thank you! I'm just hoping there is nothing wrong with him. I fear the Ich! Lol! I haven't seen him since I took the picture.

 

[Jmkb02]

I'm sure he will be ok. You seem like you have control. I have been looking into scrapping my DIY led I had for my pico and going with a par 38 bulb. I would like to know, if you can find it, where you got that one. I like that it has a green and red bulb. That really makes colors pop. Good choice and if you could or would maybe find that link I would greatly appreciate it. Thx

 

[Bearchumjs]

I'm sure he will be ok. You seem like you have control. I have been looking into scrapping my DIY led I had for my pico and going with a par 38 bulb. I would like to know, if you can find it, where you got that one. I like that it has a green and red bulb. That really makes colors pop. Good choice and if you could or would maybe find that link I would greatly appreciate it. Thx

Will do!

 

[Bearchumjs]

I finally saw the goby! His name is Jake.

 

[scottayy]

Wow awesome! Congrats and everything looks top notch!

 

[Huffers]

WAHOOOOO!!!! Everything looks great! And those are some nice zoanthids! I'm jealous!

 

[Bearchumjs]

WAHOOOOO!!!! Everything looks great! And those are some nice zoanthids! I'm jealous!

I paid $16.22! The zoas were literally in the bottom of the tank half buried in sand, and I asked if he would sell me 1 for $5. He said if I bought a coral he would throw in the zoas for free. So I got a candy cane. I figured my flow is good and I know my lights are good for the candy cane. It was the least expensive coral that he had. I had a $5 off coupon (petco pals rewards!) so voila! A fish and 4 corals. Hooray!

What I really wanted was the pink birdsnest but they were tiny frags and around $30... I told myself-" Not yet yound padawan! You are still a youngling."

My water level is low due to the drip acclimating so I'm going to do about a 1.5 gal pwc. I'm going to mix up some salt and do the change tomorrow. I may do it tonight. Depends on how long it takes to do this mountain of laundry. I loathe laundry.

 

[Zactheninja]

You have an awesome petco.
Mine sells good fish(sometimes) and terrible coral(they're way overpriced)
I'm jealous.

 

[Khij159753]

Mine doesn't even sell SW livestock. Just tests and equipment that's way over priced.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Mine doesn't even sell SW livestock. Just tests and equipment that's way over priced.

That stinks!

(I think their tiny frags are very over priced. There's a guy on Craigslist and I will probably get the rest of my coral from him.)

 

[Khij159753]

That stinks!

(I think their tiny frags are very over priced. There's a guy on Craigslist and I will probably get the rest of my coral from him.)

Good idea!

 

[Bearchumjs]

The yellow clown goby died.

 

[Jmkb02]

What!? Any reason??

 

[Khij159753]

The yellow clown goby died.

Nooooo!!!! D: how come? Any idea?

 

[Bearchumjs]

I have 2 theories.

1- he wasn't well. I looked in the bags to pick the healthiest looking fish... Should have had the guy open the bags so I could see better. When I was acclimating. I thought he looked like he had a spot or three... I don't know. He was very small. 3/4's inch. It was very hard to see him through the bag. I had a bad feeling about it though when I was acclimating him.

2- he hung out by the heater too long and got too hot. Cause he was by the heater... I believe this possibility isn't a real possibility.

I tested my ammo trites and pH after I found him. Didn't test trates because I'm almost out, and I figured if they tested high after the pwc I'd know they were high before the pwc.

Salinity: 1.025
Ammo : above .25 but not .50
Trites : slightly elevated over 0 but not even close to .25
pH was ~8.2. Probably closer to 8.1 but that's not an option on the color card.

I did a 1.5 gall pwc.

Salinity: 1.025
Ammo is .25ish
Trates: 5ppm
pH: 8.1-8.2

Didn't test trites again. No need.

Oh- my water temp is 76.

I expected to see a spike in ammo or trites since he was dead. I'll check the levels in the morning to make sure they aren't too high. So that stinks. Now I've had a fish in my tank that probably had Ich. So I won't be getting another fish anytime soon. I could say some swears right now but I'm not going to. It isn't lady like. *sigh*

 

[Convict2161]

Sorry to here about the goby

It could be a multitude of reasons. Don't let it get ya down. Could have been sick already.

Tank is looking awesome though!!

 

[scottayy]

Stinks but it happens. I doubt it was ich that killed him. Not that fast unless he was severely stressed before the move and the move was just too much for him.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Well guys, the store had gotten in 3 yellow ones and 2 black ones, so I can always go look at them next week. We'll see. I will focus on the health of the coral.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Well guys, the store had gotten in 3 yellow ones and 2 black ones, so I can always go look at them next week. We'll see. I will focus on the health of the coral.

I think I'll wait for a few weeks.